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1. WELL DRILLING APPARATUS COMPRISING FIVE ELONGATED SKIDS IN ALIGNED ABUTTING RELATION WITH EACH OTHER ALONG THEIR LONGITUDINAL AXES; SLIDE STRUCTURES CARRIED ON THE ENDMOST SKIDS FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT THEREALONG; DERRICK SUPERSTRUCTURE AND FLUID CYLINDER MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED THERETO CARRIED BY EACH OF SAID SLIDE STRUCTURES; SLIDE MEMBERS CARRIED BY THE NEXT INNERMOST SKIDS FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT THEREALONG; DERRICK SECTIONS HINGEDLY CARRIED BY SAID SLIDE MEMBERS; AND MATING FASTENER MEANS CARRIED BY THE ADJACENT DERRICK SUPERSTRUCTURES AND DERRICK SECTIONS; WHEREBY THE SLIDE STRUCTURES CAN BE MOVED TOWARD THE SLIDE MEMBERS TO POSITION THE DERRICK STRUCTURES AGAINST THE DERRICK SECTIONS, AFTER WHICH THE SLIDE MEMBERS CAN BE MOVED FROM SAID NEXT INNERMOST SKIDS ONTO THE MIDDLE SKID AND THE DERRICK SECTIONS PIVOTED UPWARDLY ABOUT THEIR HINGE AXES TO UPRIGHT OPERATIVE POSITIONS WHEREIN THE DERRICK SUPERSTRUCTURES POSITIONED AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. 